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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which member of Third Squad jumps off the ship and disappears at the end of Chapter 38?
(a) Doc Peret.
(b) Eddie Lazzutti.
(c) Oscar Johnson.
(d) Stink Harris.

2. After setting off a booby trap, what action does Billy Boy Watkins keep attempting to do?
(a) Open a can of peaches.
(b) Hack away foliage.
(c) Reload his rifle.
(d) Pull on his boot.

3. What are the men entering at the very end of Chapter 41?
(a) A paddy.
(b) A scorched trail.
(c) The thick brush.
(d) A burning village.

4. Who is the gun-chewing boy in Chapter 31?
(a) Eddie Lazzuti.
(b) Stink Harris.
(c) Cacciato.
(d) Harold Murphy.

5. What is the boy from Chapter 31's favorite type of gum?
(a) Black Jack.
(b) Double mint.
(c) Juicy Fruit.
(d) Big League Chew.

6. Who discovers Buff's body in Chapter 41?
(a) Paul Berlin.
(b) Harold Murphy.
(c) Oscar Johnson.
(d) Cacciato.

7. What does Sidney Martin do in Chapter 34 to put his men on notice?
(a) Punch Oscar Johnson.
(b) Write their names in a notebook.
(c) Force them to march nearly twice the normal distance.
(d) Take half their rations.

8. In this chapter, of what does Oscar Johnson say Stink Johnson was full?
(a) Foolishness.
(b) Piss and vinegar.
(c) Life.
(d) Ill will.

9. What did Billy Boy and the others do to pass the time on the afternoon he died?
(a) Shoot craps.
(b) Shoot Coke cans.
(c) Play soccer.
(d) Sing folk songs.

10. What happens to Paul Berlin when he is removed from isolation at the beginning of Chapter 33?
(a) His neck is shaved.
(b) He is beaten for information.
(c) He is given a bath.
(d) He is taken to visit Sarkin Aung Wan.

11. What action does each man in Third Squad perform to signify his agreement in killing Sidney Martin?
(a) Spit.
(b) Touch Oscar Johnson's grenade.
(c) Hand a bullet to Oscar Johnson.
(d) Raise his hand.

12. In Chapter 44, who discovers that Third Squad is a military outfit?
(a) A priest.
(b) A French policeman.
(c) A desk clerk.
(d) A retired miltary officer.

13. Where does Third Squad determine it has to bring Cacciato to avoid being labeled deserters?
(a) Combat headquarters in Saigon.
(b) The Pentagon.
(c) A US military base in Germany.
(d) The US embassy in Paris.

14. To whom does Oscar Johnson offer the big gun before giving it to Harold Murphy?
(a) Stink Harris.
(b) Cacciato.
(c) Eddie Lazzutti.
(d) Paul Berlin.

15. At the end of Chapter 29, Sarkin Aung Wan repeatedly berates Paul Berlin for what reason?
(a) He will not leave the Squad.
(b) He has deserted the war.
(c) He will not make love to her.
(d) He is drunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Cacciato like Sidney Martin?

2. At the end of Chapter 40, Paul Berlin reasons that the root goal or the Vietnam War is to spread what?

3. What clothing accessory does Paul Berlin recall vividly about a young,crying Vietnamese girl in Chapter 39?

4. Who nurses Lieutenant Corson back to health in Chapter 38?

5. From what state is the American girl in the VW van that picks up Third Squad outside of Zagreb?

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